Saturday, October 26, 2013

95 Theses for Christian Racial & Ethnic Unity: #90

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whole lot of our churches have outsourced justice. If the gospel of reconciliation
is going to interrupt the brokenness in society, our churches are going to have
to rethink their vocation. When I read the Bible, I always bring the problems
of my community to God and ask when in history God’s people have had to face a
similar challenge. God is the same yesterday, today and forever. But God also
chooses to walk with his people in history. That means we can’t know the will
of God for us today unless we’re paying attention to what’s happening and how
God wants to work in this situation. As I look at our situation today and the
problems we face, I hear God speaking to the church in the words that he spoke
through his prophets after the exile. Coming out of our cultural captivity, I
hear God saying that this is a time for rebuilding the church and remembering
what it really means to be Christ’s body in the world.